Tuesday, January 01, 2013

the year (2012) in books

Happy
New Year!! It has been so long since I have blogged that one might wonder if I'm actually able to keep the blog going. School has gotten in the way of record keeping and writing. But I am doing everything in my power to continue reading. 2012 was a good reading year for numbers. Thank you Robert Kirkman and his Walking Dead graphic novels. I'm also still managing to read aloud an occasional book to the boys and to the family as we make road trips to South Dakota. Audio books also ensure that I'm able to "read" even when driving in my car to school and to Minneapolis where I have had an internship at an architecture firm. Finally, my handsome husband and darling boys gave me an iPad for Mother's Day. I have very mixed feelings about e-readers. Up to this point, I have used my Sony PRS almost exclusively when I'm on airplanes. These devises are, after all, a magnificent way to bring a ton of reading material without the bulk and weight of physical books. I have been using Kindle software. I am frightened by how easy it is to download books at Amazon, and I try to augment, whenever possible, with library loans. At any rate, I am certain the number of e-books I read in 2013 will only increase.

Herewith is a list of the forty-four books I read in 2012. A small list of statistics follows.

1. Zone One, Colson Whitehead--wanted to like this literary zombie novel more than I did